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Sonex Approves Gross-Weight Increase

Marc Cook -
Sonex and Waiex owners may designate a max gross weight of 1220 pounds for aircraft with 100 hp or more.

Las Cruces Sport Qualifying

Tom Wilson -
Expected top-qualifier Andrew Findlay ran into injector issues thanks to minor debris floating around the fuel system.

Sport Air Racing Livestream

Tom Wilson -
A livestream feed from the Sport Class races so we can all follow the action as it happens.

New Edition of the EAA Flight Test Manual Published

Kitplanes -
Updated quick-glance test cards for in-flight reference also included.

Mojave Experimental Fly-In This Saturday

Tom Wilson -
Eyeballing airplanes and easy access to their designers/pilots.

National Championship Air Races in Roswell Dates Announced

Kitplanes -
All seven classes of racing will return in new home of Roswell, N.M. next year

Video Series

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Exploring

Pledge a Frat

Kerry Fores -
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Exploring

Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play

Jon Croke -
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Builder Spotlight

How Many Times Can You Drill Through the Same Finger?

Mike Davenport -
1
Builder Spotlight

Behind the Scenes Access

Andrew Robinson -
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Builder Spotlight

The Stanley Screamer is One Sleek Sherpa!

Sparky Barnes -
1
Exploring

Eighty Percent to Go

Lisa Turner -
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Exploring

Hawking That New Engine

Tom Wilson -
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Exploring

Repeat Offender

Myron Nelson -
2
Exploring

Are You Shorthanding?

Marc Cook -
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Exploring

Crew Coordination, Working the Weather

Paul Dye -
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Flight Reports

Sling Shot

Paul Dye -
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Designer's Notebook

Marketability

Barnaby Wainfan -
2
Shop Talk

Common In-Flight Failures, Part 1

Vic Syracuse -
4
Builder Spotlight

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
1
Exploring

Ten For Ten: A Decade With an RV-10

Myron Nelson -
2

Flight Reviews

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Kitfox Speedster 916

Marc Cook -
The feistiest Kitfox gets feistier yet.

Sling Shot

Paul Dye -
Rotax’s 916 enlivens Sling’s four-seaters.

Nothing Small About It

Tom Wilson -
The Gweduck is a hero-class Experimental three decades in the making.

On the Nose!

Paul Dye -
Lockwood’s Rotax-powered RV-9A is more than just fancy rhinoplasty.

Excess Horsepower!

Paul Dye -
Kitfox’s Super Sport gets more than new pep from Rotax’s turbocharged 916 iS.

Ryan ST vs. Timber Tiger ST-L

Dewey Davenport -
Can a modern replica actually be better than a classic original?

Builder Spotlight

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The Maine Attraction

Lincoln Benedict -
Flying a GlaStar on skis in the Pine Tree State.

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
Part 11: Starting to wire my Advanced Flight Systems panel, installing a new fuel selector and more!

How Many Times Can You Drill Through the Same Finger?

Mike Davenport -
(Or how to build a Zenith CH 750 in just 11 years)

Behind the Scenes Access

Andrew Robinson -
Creating access panels in your airplane.

The Stanley Screamer is One Sleek Sherpa!

Sparky Barnes -
“I may never be able to buy an airplane…but maybe I can build one!” —Dale Stanley

Second Chance Six

Tenley Ong -
Part 10: small, important projects— brake lines, fuel lines, baffling and fairings.

Sagging Zenith Nose Gear?

Chuck Deiterich -
Time to replace the nose gear bungee.

Building the 750SD XTREME: Part 12

Jon Humberd -
Another customization?

Shop Talk

Common In-Flight Failures, Part 1

Vic Syracuse -
Checkpoints: Diagnosis.

Twelve Volts Anywhere, Anytime

Paul Dye -
A handy tool to have in the shop, avoiding a bunch of random long wires that always seem to get in the way.

Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

Jim Weir -
The Lone Ranger

Where Are the Instructions?

Jon Croke -
Plane and simple.

Weighing an RV-10

Larry Anglisano -
It’s time to roll the plane up on a set of calibrated scales.

Buy the Thousand-Pack

Paul Dye -
Cheap and colorful ties: there is a place for them in the building process.

Exploring

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Let Me Down Easy

Marc Cook -
Emergency Glide is a valuable tool to give the pilot some breathing room to troubleshoot in the air and have the controlled descent handled by the EFIS.

Pledge a Frat

Kerry Fores -
Building time.

Kitbuilding as Easy as Child’s Play

Jon Croke -
Plane and simple.

Eighty Percent to Go

Lisa Turner -
That last 20% that feels like 80% is the time to slow down and pull out checklists, get other eyes on the project, call for a TC visit and sit in the airplane making noises.

Hawking That New Engine

Tom Wilson -
After 20 years the long-gestating DeltaHawk diesel is suddenly hotter than Jeff LaVelle’s turbos on a 400-mph lap.

Repeat Offender

Myron Nelson -
This time I want an airplane strictly built for the joy of flying. I want something simple and relatively cheap for that magical first and last half-hour of daylight, to be low and slow with no place in particular to go and sporting a massive grin.

Products

DuraWear and UltraWear Brake Discs From Matco

Jonathan & Julia Apfelbaum -
Matco presented new DuraWear and UltraWear components which provide an upgrade to their standard brake discs and pads while maintaining the same pricing.

Tundra Tailwheels

Tom Wilson -
Tundra's line of no excuses off-road tailwheels.

NORAD and Sunglasses

Kerry Fores -

Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Brings Three New Smart Components to AirVenture

Steve Ashby -
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines, an AirVenture Veteran, has been innovating safer, more capable and easier to use components for experimental amateur aircraft builders for years.

Hoses? We’ve got Hoses!

Paul Dye -
Tom Swearingen has been making hose assemblies for homebuilders for quite a few years now and is well known for quality custom work done very fast.

The Bargains May Go Fast!

Louise Hose -
One advantage of arriving early to AirVenture is that you may have the opportunity to preview deals before others arrive and the tents fill.

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